"In addition to my 1 moth I had 4 June Bugs; strange how they all arrive the same night in our 2 far-apart localities."
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Photographing really small bugs
Started Apr 8 0 Replies 3 Likes
Stu asked about the background for this spider image:…Continue
Savannah Sparrow
Started this discussion. Last reply by Joanne Savage Mar 11. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Surprisingly only 2 photos,both good, of this species on BNB.From a few years back.…Continue
Tags: Fundy_Natl_Park, sparrow, savannah
I'm thinking juvenile Glaucous Gull
Started this discussion. Last reply by Denis A. Doucet Mar 6. 3 Replies 1 Like
From a few years back, March 24 1990.…Continue
Bird on a Wire
Started this discussion. Last reply by Tony Thomas Mar 5. 11 Replies 3 Likes
Another image from a few years back when I was heavily into birds.Campobello Island, note the raised crest.…Continue
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Tony Thomas replied to Ken MacIntosh's discussion Mottled Snout / aka Bomolocha in the group Moths of New Brunswick
Ken MacIntosh replied to Tony Thomas's discussion Red Twin-spot Carpet in the group Moths of New Brunswick"Being new and caught up in the excitement of learning, it seems as if I have seen a good number of species, but there has yet to be a night when I would say there were a great number of individuals. Could we be still paying for the dry summer of…"
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Red Twin-spot Carpet
7388 Xanthorhoe ferrugata.At light May 23 2013. Thus far, locally for me this is the worst year for moths.As the coordinator for BAMONA for the Maritimes and Maine I think I have had only 3 moths to ID to date; far less than last year. Either people have lost interest of there just 'aint no moths'.See More
Tony Thomas replied to Ken MacIntosh's discussion Mottled Snout / aka Bomolocha in the group Moths of New Brunswick"I believe it is palparia. Based on my collection I would not call it uncommom.
Commonest of the old Bomolocha is baltimoralis, followed by palparia, then bijugalis and finally madefactalis."
Tony Thomas replied to Ken MacIntosh's discussion One-eyed Sphinx in the group Moths of New Brunswick"Should be no need to compensate; TTL automatically adjusts for flash power.
Next Sphingid will be jamaicensis
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Tony Thomas replied to Chris Adam's discussion Noctuid cat? in the group Moths of New Brunswick"How about Xestia smithii Smith's Dart ?"
Tony Thomas replied to Ken MacIntosh's discussion One-eyed Sphinx in the group Moths of New Brunswick"It's always best to diffuse a flash for close-ups; evens the light and reduces/removes glare and hot-spots.
Google "flash diffuser" to get some ideas.
You can make a simple box to fit over the built in flash, line it with foil …"
Tony Thomas replied to Ken MacIntosh's discussion European Corn Borer moth? in the group Moths of New Brunswick"BAMONA has many images:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Ostrinia-nubilalis"
Tony Thomas replied to Ken MacIntosh's discussion One-eyed Sphinx in the group Moths of New Brunswick"Yes, too much green.
Not as sharp as your other bug images"
Tony Thomas replied to Jimmy Dee's discussion Variable or Violet Dancer- info - (not a sighting) in the group Dragonflying for Birders"I believe A. f. violacea is a legitimate recognized subspecies.
Most names are binomial: Genus + specific epithet; but for some they are trinomial: Genus+specific epithet+subspecific epithet.
Note: Argia sp. fumipennis
Argia f. ssp. violacea"
Tony Thomas replied to Eric Knopf's discussion Fragile forktail in the group Dragonflying for Birders"Hmm. As a professional entomologist, retired, that does not give me any confidence in the quality of the Florida entomology course."
Tony Thomas replied to Eric Knopf's discussion Fragile forktail in the group Dragonflying for Birders"Pinning any odonate is a very poor way to preserve specimens. They should be soaked in acetone immediately after killing.
Leave in for at least 24 hrs. Large specimens may need a 2nd soaking in fresh acetone. After removal and drying store them in…"
Tony Thomas replied to Chris Adam's discussion Tiny leaf spider in the group New Brunswick Spiders"Perhaps a Splendid Dwarf Spider, Hypselistes florens, male"
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